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Re: The Brutal Black Project

That tatoo'ing has been around since the early stages of human time is not a revelation.

The revelation is the transit of an exceptional practice for the fat part of human history into a more or less mainstream practice in the past decade or so. While the practice of mutilating skin to render designs is in a lesser category of human body mutilation when compared to practices like circumcision and female genital mutilation; and on the exceptional side of skin care (I'm being half-facetious here) when compared to the norm of applying hydrating formulas ... it has now become a gateway to abuse, both self-abuse and the exploitation of those too young or too fragile to resist conditioning.

The general practice has gone from aberration to norm via the entertainment vehicles of arts, music, and sport ... and this has created space on the abandoned extreme wing for new aberrations. From the beauty of a tame rose tattoo to the wild beast of masochism, that sorta thing.

We all know who controls the arts, the music, and the sport; so it's just a small bunny hop to the Protocols ... and a demarcation between the culture that wants to subvert other cultures, and the other cultures.

Re: The Brutal Black Project

Mostly though, it had cultural significance. Also a way of proving Manhood, going from boy to Man undergoing tremendous pain proving one had courage along with attached cultural significance.

Throughout history it was also used as a mark, beit slave ownership, prisoner ID or similar.

In recent years, say when I was a child. Men who had tattoos were usually old sailor's or war veterans, like my Grandad who had his company inked on his arm, as did all his company. Also could be used as ID to trace back to the collective origins. e.g Country and company.

When I was a teenager, those not in above description were usually bikers and or rebels with their ID, chapter and anti establishment imagery.

These days, it's often nothing more than a fashion accessory, with an element of narcissism being a sheep following the flock and with little to no underlying significance. Musicians, and particularly sportsman have made them acceptable and the young have copied their hero's.

The OP style (Brutal Black Project) is not considered a fashion, or art, nor is it cultural. It, as explained, is more considered 'a badge of honour'...

The style is described as large scale, fast, chaotic work.

“The project is not always about the outcome, it’s about the process. Taking things back to the primitive, the rite of passage. Pushing the limits of your inner self,”

“How much do you want something? Can you see it through to the end? The marks left from the tattoo are only a reminder of what you learned about yourself during the process.”